Among American Elitists, Pedophilia Is Systemic

USA - Dr Larry Nassar, an osteopathic doctor at Michigan State University who was the USA Gymnastics national-team doctor, was accused of molesting 250 underage girls, including a number of well-known Olympic gymnasts dating as far back as 1992. He was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison and 40 to 175 years in state prison.

Half of all UK family food purchases “Ultra-processed”

UK - Half of all the food bought by families in the UK is now “ultra-processed”, made in a factory with industrial ingredients and additives invented by food technologists and bearing little resemblance to the fruit, vegetables, meat or fish used to cook a fresh meal at home. Research by global nutrition experts reveals the scale of our food evolution, from farm-fresh to factory-manufactured. “Real food” has been replaced by salty snacks and sugary cereals, industrially-made bread and desserts, ready-meals and reconstituted meats alongside sweetened soft drinks. The study of 19 European countries is published this month in a special issue of the journal Public Health Nutrition. It shows that UK families buy more ultra-processed food than any others in Europe, amounting to 50.7% of the diet. Germany comes second, on 46.2% and then Ireland on 45.9%. While the figures are not directly comparable, extracted from national surveys carried out differently and from different years, the trend is clear.

 
Bank of England: Volatility could be lurking

UK - Investors may be taking too many risks in over-priced markets because they are underestimating potential volatility, the Bank of England’s risk chief has warned. Measures of volatility are low because investors can buy insurance cheaply – but Alex Brazier said that is akin to driving more dangerously because car insurance costs have come down.

Don't Ignore Kushner's Quiet Mideast Gains

USA - He may be the most effective presidential Middle East envoy in decades, but he doesn’t get much respect from the press. He doesn’t travel with reporters or invite press attention. His few appearances are fleeting and uneventful. Still, his frequent visits and stray public remarks reveal a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of the region. Behind the scenes, he is making surprising progress.

The Underground Battle For Mount Zion

ISRAEL - Mount Zion, a site of great importance to the Jewish people, is almost entirely owned by the Vatican. It happens to also be a focal point of a political battle being fought, oddly enough, underground. Harry Moskoff is an executive producer and writer of The ARK Report, an account of his research into the location of the lost Ark of the Covenant. Moskoff is a devout Jew who uses archaeology to investigate his Biblical theories and is preparing to film a documentary that will investigate what lies below some of Jerusalem’s holiest sites.

UK defense secretary hails ‘amazing relationship’ with Israel

UK - Britain’s Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has hailed the UK’s “amazing relationship” with Israel, calling the Jewish state a “beacon of light” in the Middle East and condemning the “unreasonable hatred” directed toward it. Williamson was speaking an annual parliamentary reception organized by Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) on Tuesday. Addressing an audience of over 250 CFI supporters, including 50 parliamentarians and Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, Williamson praised Israel as a “beacon of light and hope, in a region where there is so much hatred and hurt. We shouldn’t underestimate how difficult it is to keep that light bright and burning.”

 
Liberman Warns Lebanon

ISRAEL - Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman warned Lebanon that Israelis would not be the only ones sitting in bomb shelters this time around if the Hezbollah terorist organization launches an attack at the Jewish State. He also cautioned international energy companies against leaping into any quick deals with Beirut before double-checking the status of the offshore blocks they were offered for exploration.  The defense minister issued the warning on Thursday, pointing out that Lebanon’s recent offshore oil and gas exploration tender includes Block 9 – which happens to belong to Israel. Liberman called the move “very, very challenging and provocative conduct.”

 
Poland's Senate approves Holocaust legislation

POLAND - The Polish Senate has voted in favour of a controversial bill that will criminalize anyone who lays any blame on Poland or its people for Nazi war crimes, state-run news agency PAP reported Thursday. The bill, which was passed by the lower house last week and still has to be signed into law by the president, has sparked widespread condemnation in Israel, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it an attempt "to rewrite history."

From Cape Town to Kabul: taps run dry in crisis cities

UNITED NATIONS - Water scarcity already affects more than 40 percent of the world's population and is expected to rise due to global warming, with one in four people projected to face chronic or recurring shortages by 2050, according to the United Nations. Already hosting more than half the world's people, cities are at the forefront of the problem, as population growth increases pressure on reserves, which are already stretched by too little rain and too much waste.

 
Guatemala volcano Eruption

GUATEMALA - Guatemalan volcano Volcan de Fuego reared its ugly head on Thursday, coughing up thick volcanic ash and lava a short distance from Antigua, Guatemala and the capital Guatemala City. Alarmed officials issued an orange alert on Thursday after the active volcano erupted just 19km southwest of Antigua city. The volcano choked out the skies over the Central American nation with a smothering cloud of dark ash 1.7km high. The sense of urgency was further heightened after hazardous lava flows were spotted rushing 500m down Volcan de Fuego’s rugged sides, according to emergency services spokesman David de Leon.

 
California: every homeschooling parent is a child abuser

USA - California is seeking to treat homeschool families as presumptive child abusers. Lawmakers in that state have indicated plans to categorically require homeschool parents to prove — through home visits, interviews, and other government oversight — that indeed the parent is not abusive if they choose to exercise a legally protected and valid option for school choice. This measure would shift the burden to the parent to prove to the government’s satisfaction his or her parental fitness.

School textbooks updated

UK - School textbooks will be updated to include “same sex” couples in their questions, one of the country's biggest education companies has announced. Pearson, which owns the exam board EdExcel and publishes thousands of school textbooks, said it will update all of its products and resources to ensure they are “LGBT inclusive”.  A new handbook for secondary schools, produced by the charity Stonewall and sponsored by Pearson, advises teachers on how they can make the curriculum more welcoming for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pupils.

 
New Zealand declares STATE OF EMERGENCY

NEW ZEALAND - CYCLONE Fehi has sparked evacuations and a state of emergency along New Zealand’s west coast as the storm ravages the North Island en route to the nation’s South Island. Winds of up to 80mph (130kph) are expected in southern and central New Zealand. The former tropical cyclone is currently barrelling across New Zealand’s North Island towards the nation’s South Island. A state of emergency has been declared for South Island’s cities Dunedin and Buller.

 
Americans are turning against Trump-hating celebrities

USA - Overall, CBS reported that 75% of Americans approved of the speech. For such a seriously divisive and polarising President, who is currently languishing with just 39% personal approval ratings, these were sensationally good results. Interestingly, 8/10 Americans in the poll felt the President was trying to unite the country with his speech and two thirds of Americans said it made them feel proud. Less than a quarter that watched said it made them feel scared or angry.

Trump says it will be hard to unify country without a ‘major event’

USA - Hours before his first State of the Union, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he wants to unite the country amid “tremendous divisiveness” and hopes he can do so without a traumatic event affecting Americans. “I would love to be able to bring back our country into a great form of unity,” Trump said. “Without a major event where people pull together, that’s hard to do. But I would like to do it without that major event because usually that major event is not a good thing. I want to see our country united. I want to bring our country back from a tremendous divisiveness, which has taken place not just over one year, over many years, including the Bush years, not just Obama.” he said.

 

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